Penny Layden
Acting
UK
18
Acting Credits
Biography
Born 1969, Penny Layden is a British actress and narrator. She has performed at the National Theatre, with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Old Vic Theatre, with Shared Experience and the Royal Exchange Theatre.
Known For
Filmography
National Theatre Live: London Tide
2024
as Mary Wilfer
Supacell
2024
as Shirley
7.4
National Theatre Live: Paradise
2021
as Nam
Jolly Girl
2020
as Blossom (voice)
Sisters
2020
as Beth
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
2018
as Ross
9
My Country: A Work in Progress
2017
as Britannia
Dark Angel
2016
as Margaret Stott
6.2
National Theatre Live: Everyman
2015
as Knowledge
1
Father Brown
2013
as Nora Banks
7.7
Broken
2012
as DC Jenks
6.9
Call the Midwife
2012
as Brenda McEntee
7.6
South Riding
2011
as Mrs Huggins
6.9
Land Girls
2009
as Hettie Foster
7.7
Poppy Shakespeare
2008
as Sue
6.8
The Bad Mother's Handbook
2007
as Rambler Annie
7
Waterloo Road
2006
as Shelley Baxter
7.1
Murphy's Law
2001
as Hammond
7.6